Central Ferry Pier No.5 — Local services in Hong Kong

Dozed off on the ferry and had my Phone stolen out of my pocket, watch snatched off my wrist and the ferry company won't even let me or the police see the CCTV

While the evidence and GPS tracking of my phone and watch points loosely to ferry staff actually having committed the theft, I'm not here to say for certain that they did it. What I am here to say is that the ferry company that runs the slow ferry has been absolutely obstructionist with regards to solving this crime. I was told by the police to ask them to see the CCTV and was told by the ferry company that only the police could schedule an appointment to see the CCTV. When the police arrived, they were told that they couldn't see the CCTV and that I would have to escalate this and file a police report in central. 6 hours filing paperwork and a week later, nothing.

Theft is one thing, especially one this brazen but to be actively obstructed by the ferry company to the point that the police can't even help is... well I guess it casts a rather large shadow over the future...

Today I took the ferry to Cheung Chau. You can buy a seat on the regular ferry for $13. What they don't tell you is that this doesn't give access to the outside decks. For that you need a 'deluxe ticket' for $22. Unfortunately you can't buy that on board. So I went back to the ticket booth, having already paid for a regular ticket, and asked to pay the difference between the deluxe ticket and the regular ticket (which I had already paid for). Unluckily, the single unhappiest woman in the work would only bark out 'You must buy new ticket! No upgrade!' So after arguing about how silly it was to punish a tourist by essentially making them buy a new ticket just so they could sit outside, I just paid for a brand new ticket. Yes, I'm only out $13 HKD, but still, what a horrible woman. Tread...

New World First Ferry (or just First Ferry) is a service provider in Hong Kong providing sea bound transportation around Hong Kong including routes to/from outlying islands and popular places such as Cheng Chau, Peng Chau and Mui Wo.

Ferry service is similar to the Star Ferry and can be boarded by way of ferry piers. Entry can be purchased by way of cash payment or with an Octopus Card. Route service schedules are available at the piers or on their website directly.

Recently used First Ferry for a journey between Central Pier 5 and Cheung Chau and found my ferry trips to be just fine. Inside seating areas are standard and of little interest. Sailings went smoothly and were on time. Little more to comment other than finding First Ferry service on this route to be just fine and...